Combination tie clasp and chambered holder



Feb. l, 1949. 1. AVERSA COMBINATION TIE CLASP AND CHAMBERED HOLDER Filed Jan. 25, 1948 nNvENToR JOSEPH AVERSA ATTORNEY Patented Feb. l, l949 COMBINATION TIE CLASP ND CHAMBERED HOLDER Joseph Aversa, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application January 23, 1948, Serial No. 3,967

(Cl. 241l) 2 Claims.

This invention relates to combination tie clasps and chambered holders for devices such as pencils andthe like.

Among the objects of the present invention it is aimed to provide an improved combination tie clasp and chambered holder for devices such as pensils and the like whereby the clip is rigidly maintained in position adjacent to the holder to form an enduring frictional tie clasp.

With combination tie clasps and chambered holders heretofore used, it has been the practice to extend the tail of a clip through the chambered holder with an opening in the tail in registration with an opening in the plug or cap for the holder and then position a pin rivet through the registering openings and upset the inner end of the rivet. This combination, While anchoring the clip in place, frequently would become loose with Wear and then the clip would rock on the rivet and impair its frictional gripping relation with a tie. In view thereof, the present invention aims to provide an improved two-prong rivet connection that cooperates with recessed edges in the clip whereby not only effectively to anchor the clip in place but also against rocking without the pin rivet connection.

It is still another object of the present invention in a combination tie clasp and chambered holder to supplement a pin rivet connection with a two-prong rivet connection in which case the two-prong rivet connection serves mainly to anchor the clip against rocking and the pin rivet connection is still relied upon mainly to anchor the clip against accidental removal.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the present invention will appear from the subjoined detail description of specific embodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig, 1 is a perspective substantially full size view of `a, combination tie clasp and pencil.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section enlarged of the chambered holder for a pencil with a removable pencil shown therein.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an exploded edge view showing a clip in end view, a plug or cap in perspective, a chambered holder in section, and a mandrel partly broken awai7 adapted for upsetting the two prongs of the plug over the tail of the clip,

Fig. 6 is a transverse section similar to Fig. 3 of a modification in which a two-prong rivet connection supplements a pin rivet connection.

Fig. '1 is a section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 6.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inelusive, a chambered holder constituting a part of the combination is shown as associated with, and adapted to receive, a removable pencil. The holder I, in the present instance, is substantially rectangular in cross-section and provided with a bulged portion 2 at one end t0 form a frictional grip for the removable pencil 3. The pencil 3 is merely typical of any removable pencil, in the present instance having a main body portion 4, a diminished eraser portion 5 extending from its inner end, and a cone-shaped lead supporting member 6 which is rotatably associated with the body portion 5 to feed the writing element, such as the lead 1, into or out of writing position. The supporting member 6, in the present instance, extends beyond the body portion 5 to form the shoulder 8 to abut against the outer end of the bulging portion 2l The connection between the clip 9 and the holder I now to be described constitutes the main part of the present invention. The clip 9 consists of a tail IIJ, a U-shaped intermediate portion II and a tie engaging tongue or finger I2. In the end I3 of the holder I, there is positioned a plug or cap I4, in the present instance consisting of a polygonal shaped head I5, a cylindrical portion I 6 and two lips or prongs I'I and I8 spaced from one another a distance corresponding to, and snugly fitting, the width of the tail I0. The holder I, see Figs. 2 and 5, has an opening I9, positioned to register with the space between the prongs I'I and I8, and in size just large enough snugly to receive the tail I0.

With the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the tail I0 preferably is provided with two indentations 2B and 2| and the prongs I1 and I8 with two corresponding projections 22 and 23, respectively.

To assemble the several parts, the tail I0 is iirst inserted into the opening I9 in the position shown in Fig. 2, thereupon the plug I4 is inserted with its two prongs I1 and I8 extending to and beyond the tail I0, and thereupon a riveting machine is used to upset the prongs I'I and I8 into the position shown in Fig. 3. If the riveting machine is provided with a mandrel 24 having a concave face 25, the latter will engage the outer curved faces of the prongs I1 and I8 and force them over the tail I0 when the indentations 20 and 2| will cooperate with the projections 2,2 and 23 to anchor the clip against removal from the holder I, and the prongs Il and I8 cooperating with the tail I0 will of course anchor the plug I4 tail l0 against rocking The indentations 20 and 2| and projections 22 and 23 may be omitted, when, however, it is desirable to form registering openings 26 and 2l in the plug 2B and tail 29, respectively, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, to receive the pin 30, the inner end 3l of which being upset iny the usual. ver by ariveting machine.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to the details of construe-,- tion without departing from the generalspirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim: Y

l. A connecting means for securely fixing Y against removal and also cooperate to anchor the Y against movement the tail of a clip extending into'.

a cylindrical chambered holder through an 9pgning in the side wall of the chambered holder open at one end, said connecting means having a cylindrical plug extending into the open end of the holder and having a' Snug t therein2 said plug having a head forming an abutment or vlimiting stop to engage the open end of the holder, rthe inner end of said plug disposedy adjacent to, but justclear of, the opening in the side walll of the chamber, said inner end Qfthe plug' being; plane and extending perpendicular to the inner'face of the holder and the'ful-l distance transversely from 4 I one side to the other of the inner face of the holder, means for anchoring the tail against movement laterally relative to said plug, and prongs extending from said inner end with a space between the same to receive the tail of the cliplbe'tween them and anchor the tail against rotation relative to said plug, the prongs being cliiighe`V over; the tail and anchoring the tail se- Wely against the. plane @unece ef in@ inner end of the plug.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which the means for anchoring the tail against movement laterally includes projections on said prongs and recesses at the sides of the tail to receive; the projections.

` JOSEPH AVERSA.

REFERENCES CTED UNITED STATES. PATENTS l* eusreyer eer. e., f 19.3.9 

